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A new bad bank won't help unless existing problems are sorted: CEA

Krishnamurthy Subramanian also says India's sovereign rating being maintained and stable outlook by S&P is good news, considering India wants to list its sovereign bonds on global indices

Krishnamurthy Subramanian
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File photo of CEA Krishnamurthy Subramanian

Arup Roychoudhury New Delhi
Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian said on Thursday that unless issues regarding banks taking substantial haircuts on sale of toxic assets were resolved, a bad bank would be of little help in addressing problems of non-performing assets in the financial system.

Speaking at a media briefing on recent actions by global ratings agencies, Subramanian said India’s sovereign rating being maintained and the stable outlook by Standard & Poor’s was good news, especially since the country is looking to list its sovereign bonds on global indices.

“This clears the path for us.”

He said India’s fundamentals demand a much better sovereign rating and the

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